Aisha specializes in procurement and contract management, arbitration, mediation and dispute boards.

Over 35 years of hands-on international experience in all phases of procurement, project execution and dispute resolution of complex infrastructure and defence systems.

Country Experience

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cape Verde, Egypt, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Northern Macedonia, Romania, Saudia Arabia, Sweden, USA, UAE, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda.

Languages Spoken

English, Arabic

Academic Qualifications

• LL.M. (International Commercial Dispute Resolution), Queen Mary, University of London, 2007.

• Graduate Diploma, Alternative Dispute Resolution, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 2006.

• Graduate Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), 2005.

• MBA, (Information Systems Management) University of Texas, Austin, 1996.

• BSc (Electrical Engineering), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1987.

Professional Qualifications

• Accredited Mediator, UK (CIArb, 2005) and Texas (SMU, 2006).

Professional Memberships

• Panel of Conciliators, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (2020-present).

• Vice Chair, ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.

• Member, Advisory Council, American Arbitration Association (AAA).

• Member; Advisory Committee, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA).

• Member, FIDIC Board (2016-2020).

• Member, ICC Task Force on ADR and Arbitration.

• Adjudicator, FIDIC President’s List (2015-2023).

• Co-Chair, ICC Task Force for update of ICC Final Report on Construction Industry Arbitrations.

Project Experience

• Building Services – Communications

• Civil Engineering – Airports

• Civil Engineering – Dams & Reservoirs

• Civil Engineering – Irrigation & Land Reclamation

• Civil Engineering – Rail, Metro & Stations

• Defence & Military – Air Defence Ground Environment

• Defence & Military – Airborne Radar

• Defence & Military – C4I

• Energy – Dams & Hydro

• Civil Engineering – Roads & Bridges

• Civil Engineering – Site Investigation

• Civil Engineering – Tunnelling & Piling

• Construction – Industrial

• Defence & Military – Air Defence

• Energy – Gas & Coal

• Process Engineering

• Process Engineering – Manufacturing

• Process Engineering – Process Plant

Professional Experience

• Arbitrator, mediator, conciliator and dispute board member: Arbitrator and Dispute Board member in plant, engineering, construction and defence contracts with ICC, FIDIC, SCC, CRCICA, LCIA, DIAC and ad-hoc arbitration experience. Mediator construction and defence contracts. Successfully mediated construction cases to settlement with issues that included design-build contract interpretation, completeness of design, scope of work, design defect, negligent design and engineering, changed site conditions and insurance coverage. Consultant to parties and party counsel on case evaluation and dispute management strategy. Consultant, responsible for carrying out assignments on dispute resolution for organizations such as the World Bank, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), USAID and US DoD.

• Procurement and Contract Management: Recognized specialist in project planning, tender documentation preparation, proposal evaluation and contract administration for large-scale, cross-border projects in construction and infrastructure.  In-depth knowledge of Federation of International Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) standard forms of contract, Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) American Institute of Architects (AIA) standard forms of contract and drafting bespoke conditions of contract. Contract management, United States Air Force (USAF) program to provide Egypt with tri-service Secondary Surveillance Capability.  Supervision of multi-disciplinary team in all phases of system acquisition. (Hanscom Air Force Base and Cairo, Egypt). USAF project Engineer, responsible for contract administration; including system development, test and deployment of automated air defence system (in-plant and on-site).

• Visiting Research Fellow – Construction Contracts and Dispute Resolution, University of London (2007-2012).

• Lecturer at universities and invited speaker at specialized conferences: KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden); Kings College London; Harvard University; Stockholm University; FIDIC Users’ Conferences; CIArb Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration (Oxford University); Society of Construction Law (SCL); International Bar Association (IBA); Dispute Review Board Foundation (DRBF); International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Conferences; National Contract Management Association (NCMA); University of London; and Melbourne School of law. Topics include: ADR and the Construction Industry; Alignment of FIDIC Conditions of Contract with Laws in the Middle East; Design-Build and Standard Forms of Contracts; Construction contracts and risk management; Procurement and contract management; Cultural Considerations in Mediation and Dispute Boards; Dispute Prevention and Resolution in Construction Contracts; Designing an ADR System for a Construction Contract; Pursuing Claims Under FIDIC Contracts; The Role of the Engineer in FIDIC Conditions of Contract.